Apple wants to remind its customers that Siri AI, which is getting a wider beta release right now, will have daily usage limits on recent iPhones like the iPhone 18 Pro or the iPhone Duo. Customers will have to pay extra fees to skip the time out. The company has been sharing such reminders from time to time for months without a timeline or fee structure.
Pick your poison: usage limit or monthly subscription
Based on official support pages, Apple will start limiting the free usage of Apple Intelligence features in general and Siri AI in particular. The list includes, but isn’t limited to:
AI image creation in Image Playground
AI editing in Photos
Advanced AI features in Shortcuts
Each feature has unique usage limitations based on not just its complexity, but also factors like customer demand and Apple’s policies. Once you reach a usage limit, that feature will become available again based on its unique quota. Other companies like OpenAI and Google have adopted similar limitation-based systems – even Galaxy AI warns about possible charges down the line.
As such, if users want “expanded access” they will have to pay a fee. However, the documentation doesn’t clarify how those usage fees will be paid or when. There is a mention of iCloud Plus for AI features in the Home app, so those extra fees may just be folded into an iCloud subscription plan.
Former Apple CEO, Tim Cook, has previously hinted at a new iCloud subscription aimed at heavy Siri AI users.
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Apple enthusiasts want heavy AI users to foot the bill
To gauge the public reaction, I looked into comment threads on Reddit. Some Apple users hope to use Siri for its more advanced features despite usage limits. Others just want more on-device features, so they can use Siri AI for lighter tasks while customers who use resource-heavy features like image generation foot the bill for themselves.
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A discussion on r/Apple | Image by Reddit
On other Apple forums, people don’t seem amused at the prospect of paying for Siri.
A discussion on MacRumors | Image by MacRumors
It is difficult to estimate how much Apple may charge for its AI features, but it is safe to assume that more paid features are on the way. Apple plans to upgrade Siri AI into an agentic assistant – like OpenAI’s Dots, Meta Muse, or Grok Bot – so that it can plan and get things done. So what’s clear is that Apple is racing to keep up with AI companies, which could mean more paywalled AI services in the future.
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Faisal Rasool has been writing about mobile tech for the past ten years. His favorite cousin used to be a mobile technician and, as a kid, Faisal learned how to repair and tweak phones in his workshop. Faisal's first phone was the Samsung Galaxy Europa (released 2010). More Android smartphones followed it, including the Samsung Galaxy S4, the Galaxy S6, Huawei P8, and currently the Galaxy A56.
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